X Factor hopeful Daniel Evans said he should have been booted off last night’s show instead of Austin Drage.

In a sing off with Rachel Hylton, 21-year-old Austin sang Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, but only Simon Cowell – who was his mentor – chose to save him.

Austin Drage has been kicked off The X Factor

But Daniel told Austin it should have been him going home. “Even when I went last night he said ‘it should have been me going, you’ve got more talent’. He’s the biggest gentleman I’ve ever met,” Austin said.

In last night’s disco-themed show, Austin performed Wishing On A Star by Rose Royce but he has now admitted that he was never happy with the song choice.

He said: “I regretted not speaking out about Wishing On A Star. It wasn’t the song I would have chosen. I didn’t particularly like it.

“I did what I could with it and I trusted my mentor. If anyone’s to blame it’s probably myself. He said during the week ‘if you want to change it, be it on your head’ and I stuck with him because I put my trust in him.”